If your shingled roof is old, leaking, or needs a style update, painting the shingles may seem like a good idea. Paint revives and protects other exterior parts of the home, so can you paint shingles, ...

Q: The brown shingles on our house, built in the late 1950s, are showing signs of wear. While not worn or damaged, the shingles look tired -- waterlogged or parched, depending on the season. We've ...

Dear Jerry: I had my 1965-built cedar-shingle house painted last summer. (I've only lived in the house for 11 years). Within a couple of months the east side of the house started to bubble. The ...

Q. Paint was dropped on an asphalt shingle roof during an amateur house painting project. How can I remove that paint? A. You can’t remove it without damaging the shingles. Damaging, heck, destroying ...

The painting of cedar shingles column last week elicited several replies. Here are two: Dear Jerry: I have a Cape Cod built 1947, cedar shingles; I like the look. The original paint and all the coats ...

Q. Our roof shingles are a light gray color and we want to paint them a darker color. Is this possible? A. This is always “iffy.” If you paint them, remember that this will have to be repainted at ...